Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 41
As soon as the emperor left, the students who had been hungry all day rushed into the cafeteria to eat, their crazy appearance startled the servants who were doing odd jobs. He swallowed all the living things in the cafeteria raw, and no longer picks and chooses the dishes, and eats what he catches.

"Ah, um, cough, cough..." A student choked himself hungrily, and hurriedly looked for water to drink, "Ah——I'm starving to death, I feel like I can swallow a cow now! "

"Who isn't? From the morning to just before entering the cafeteria, I ate a steamed stuffed bun all day long! A steamed stuffed bun! I almost didn't say I was here."

"You are smarter than me. Although Baozi is not very hungry, it is still good. I drank two big bowls of porridge in the morning. Not long after the sun rose, I was in a hurry to urinate, and I was afraid of losing my appearance in front of the imperial court, so I just held back, held back It made my face turn purple! I didn't dare to go to the latrine until His Majesty rested later!" As he spoke, the man shook his head and stuffed another big mouthful of rice into his mouth.

As the saying goes, middle-aged men eat poor old men, and these young men who have been hungry for a day have no restraint in eating. They swallowed them before they could chew and eat slowly, and several people rolled their eyes because of choking.

When Chen He saw it, he couldn't help knocking on the table, and said to a student in front of him who had eaten three bowls of noodles and was about to get a few more steamed buns: "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you, eating so much to pretend to be hungry Down!"

As he said that, his own stomach also growled, and smelling the aroma of the food, Chen He couldn't stand the airs of his husband any longer, and ran to get food in a few steps, ignoring the students.

On the side of Gu Yunji and the others, Su Qi was so hungry that he finished three bowls of rice and one bowl of noodles in one sitting, then rubbed his stomach and let out a sigh of satisfaction, but turned around to find that Gu Yunji ate at a leisurely pace, not at all hungry He looked puzzled and said:

"are you not hungry?"

"I'm hungry."

"Then why are you eating so slowly?"

"Because I have this." Gu Yunji took out a small box while eating, "This is ginseng slices. Take a slice when you are hungry. Although it is not very full, it can replenish your vitality. It is much better than eating nothing." Gu Kaizhen gave it to him during the county examination, and he didn't eat much, so he brought it to the academy, but he didn't expect it to come in handy.

Seeing Su Qi's surprised face, Gu Yunji was a little puzzled: "It stands to reason that the officials of the Shang Dynasty ate the most slices of ginseng, and the time of the Shang Dynasty stood early and for a long time, and taking a piece of it can last for a long time. You didn't listen to Duke Ding Have you ever said that?"

Su Qi shook his head: "My father is a military general, and most of the time he leads troops outside. He rarely returns to Beijing to go to court. I haven't heard him say this. But he is very hungry every time he goes to court, and he can eat a lot at once. .”

It seems that Ding Guogong was able to resist it all because of his good health. He really deserves to be a father and two, Gu Yunji said silently in his heart.Speaking of this, he remembered the good relationship between Su Qi and Emperor Jingfeng during the day, so he asked, "Are you familiar with His Majesty? You seem to be very close."

Su Qi let out a snort, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he leaned over and said, "Your Majesty is only in his early twenties, only a few years older than me. When we were young, we were all studying in the Imperial College, and I often mischievous, Mr. Punish me. Others stay away from me, but His Majesty has a good heart and always begs for me every time."

Cheng Yan on the side couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty will plead for you? I really can't see it."

"That's natural. At that time, His Majesty was still the King of Zhao. The King of Zhao passed away early, and His Majesty became a noble at a young age. Although he has no elders around him to teach him, he is prudent and dignified, and behaves well. Everyone praises him for being smart and sensible."

Gu Yunji asked: "So Your Majesty ascended to the throne of God because of this?"

"Perhaps." Recalling the past, Su Qi looked far away, "The late emperor died without a son, and the ministers elected the late emperor's cousin Zhao Wang—that is, His Majesty, as the successor. After that, I rarely saw him Now, once in a while, when I enter the palace, I see that he either frowns tightly or smiles distantly, making it hard to see through."

"Perhaps the emperor is different. The emperor is the emperor, and the minister is the minister. It will never change." Su Qi smiled wryly, "He used to tell me to understand the hardships of military generals, and to work hard is easy to be taboo. But this year, year after year Before it was over, he sent my father out early on the grounds that the frontier would not be without a coach for a long time."

I'm still afraid that Ding Guogong has a heavy army in his hands, so I dare not let him stay in the capital for too long.Hearing this, Gu Yunji sighed lightly, and did not bring up the matter again.

That night, in the temporary palace where the emperor of Hangzhou Fucheng stayed.

An old eunuch brightened the wick of the oil lamp, then covered the lampshade, tiptoely put it on the table of Emperor Jingfeng who was reviewing the memorial, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, go to rest early, don't hurt your eyes." ah."

Emperor Jingfeng hummed casually, picked up the memorial in his hand and said with a smile: "Gu Yuanhui, an old fox, said before that I shouldn't value a young boy, but after going to the academy today, the words changed suddenly. Saying that this son is capable, I did this to recruit talents for the imperial court."

Thinking of Emperor Jingfeng's favor towards Gu Yunji during the day, the old eunuch couldn't help but worry: "Your Majesty attaches so much importance to that kid, will it be against him? After all, he is still a teenage academy student, and he can bear your pain." Do you expect it? Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by the forest wind."

Emperor Jingfeng waved his hand indifferently: "That kid is not as fragile as you think. He is the nephew of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. He was born in the Gu family in Songjiang. He has the support of the entire Gu family behind him, so he won't be suppressed so easily. of."

"The kindness I give to Gu Yunji is the kindness I give to the entire Gu family. Gu Yuanhui definitely wants to stabilize my favor for him, so as to support this son to grow up smoothly. In the future, it will be easier for me to win over you, and you can stand more when you encounter disagreements. On my side."

"Also, there are a lot of talents in Luxi Academy." Emperor Jingfeng put down the memorial in his hand and picked up a new one, "Every time the imperial examination can take more than ten Jinshi, I will go to inspect and encourage these students. Be more loyal to me. When I enter the court in the future, I just hope that they will not cooperate with those old things and just go against me."

The old eunuch complimented: "Your Majesty has great foresight and foresight, and is indeed wise and powerful."

"Can it be done without such foresight?" Emperor Jingfeng sighed, put down the memorial and stood up, "Since I became the throne, how many things I wanted to do have been done? Those old things hugged each other and worked together. They formed a group to stop me from doing this or that, just wanting me to be a sage king who will rule from the bottom, so that they can run amok below."

"But how many of them are clean? It seems that they are loyal to the country, but in fact they plan and plan for their own interests? But I really can't do anything to them in a while."

Emperor Jingfeng walked to the window and looked at the dark night outside with deep eyes: "Everyone says it is good to be an emperor, but only after becoming an emperor do you know that this person seems to be tied with a thousand catties of shackles, and he has never been able to do whatever he wants. .Even if you have great ambitions, you still can’t control the court.”

"What do you do, they think you are naive and thoughtless. Isn't it because I am young and weak, and I don't want to hand over power? I am like a puppet every day at the mercy of others. I really don't know what is good for this emperor..."

The old eunuch didn't dare to answer, and lowered his head silently, without saying a word.

After a while, Emperor Jingfeng turned around, his eyes returned to the usual indifference, and he said lightly: "It's getting late, go to bed."

(End of this chapter)